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I am apolitical. I have never cast a straight ballot. I do not happen to believe all those running as a rooster or a donkey or an elephant or a whatever are all of the best choices, especially locally. Yet I consider Dean Boerste and Tom McCart very good friends of mine.

Friday morning, the Tell City Comprehensive Plan Committee organized a cleanup of the downtown area of the city from Guttenberg to Tell streets. With Schweizer Fest approaching fast, committee members asked residents and businesses to come together to “spruce up” before the tents go up in City Hall Park for the yearly summer fest.

Five generations of Bob and Ruby Brimm’s family met over the Fourth of July holiday.

Posing in the front from the left are Ruby Brimm, great-great-grandmother; mother Jacquelyn holding baby Lalya, and great-great-grandfather Bob Brimm. In the back are grandfather Bryan Davis and great grandmother Bev Minto.

TELL CITY – Tots Lots Preschool is still accepting enrollment for their 2012-13 school year. For a child to be eligible for the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday session of Tots Lots, the child must be 4 years old by Aug. 1. This session will run from 8 to 11:30 a.m.
For a child to be eligible to enroll in the Monday-Tuesday session, they must be 3 years old by Aug. 1. This class is in session from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

CANNELTON – Students attending Cannelton Junior-Senior High School for the 2012-13 school year can register for classes and pay for books from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 7 and Aug. 8.
Parents should take or send with their children current immunization records when registering.
Supplies needed for sixth- , seventh- and eighth-grade students are pencils, notebooks and paper, pens, a pocket folder, calculator and a box of tissues for the classroom.
The first day of school for students is Aug. 13.

TELL CITY – All incoming seventh-grade students and any student new to the school in the eighth grade should attend orientation at 6 p.m. Aug. 7 in the auditorium.
Principal Brad Ramsey and Assistant Principal Chris Hollinden will be there to welcome students and parents. It is important for parents to attend and door prizes will be awarded.
There will be important information shared and an opportunity for students to receive locker assignments and combinations.